October 18, 2007

National Adoption Day to be Celebrated Throughout Virginia

Celebrated every year on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, National Adoption Day is a collective national effort to raise awareness of the 114,000 children in foster care waiting to find permanent, loving families. For the last eight years, National Adoption Day has worked through the courts, judges, attorneys, adoption professionals, child welfare agencies and advocates to finalize adoptions and find permanent, loving homes for children in foster care.

For the first time in 2006, National Adoption Day was celebrated in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. In total, more than 250 events were held throughout the country to finalize the adoptions of more than 3,300 children in foster care, and to celebrate all families who adopt.

To celebrate National Adoption Day in Virginia, state-wide celebrations and their details are listed below, or go to www.nationaladoptionday.org to find out more about National Adoption Day.